艾伦·图灵研究所新任负责人乔治·威廉姆森向《卫报》指出，英国绝不能依赖那些随时可能被切断访问权限的外国人工智能系统。他在接受丹·米尔莫采访时发表了上述言论。
The UK must not depend on foreign AI that could be cut off at short notice, the new head of the Alan Turing Institute has said. George Williamson made the comments in an interview with Dan Milmo for The Guardian.
威廉姆森说道："我们不应完全依赖那些我们无法检查或控制，或者随时可能被限制甚至切断使用的系统。"
“We shouldn’t depend solely on systems we can’t inspect or control, or that could be restricted or even switched off,” Williamson said.
他指出，目前人工智能已广泛应用于国防、国家安全、关键基础设施以及医疗保健等领域。
He pointed to defence, national security, critical infrastructure and healthcare as areas where AI is now built in.
这一警告正值华盛顿于6月份暂时禁止外国机构使用Anthropic公司的高端人工智能模型之际。威廉姆森强调："由于政治与商业层面的压力，我们未必能在需要的时候顺利获取这些技术。"
Lessons from the Anthropic ban His warning comes after Washington in June blocked foreign access to Anthropic’s top models for a time. “Both political and commercial pressures mean we may not have access in all the circumstances when we want it,” he said.
他主张英国应当拥有无需获得他国许可即可使用的自主人工智能技术。虽然该研究所的预算无法与大型人工智能实验室相匹敌，但他表示研究所可以研发规模较小且由国家掌控的模型，供初创企业使用。"我们完全可以在不盲目模仿顶尖实验室做法的前提下实现宏伟目标。"
Williamson said the UK should have some AI it does not need anyone’s permission to use. The institute cannot match the budgets of big AI labs, he added, but it could build smaller, nationally owned models for start-ups. “We can be ambitious here without trying to copy what frontier labs are doing,” he said.
作为曾负责为英国情报机构研发设备的政府官员，威廉姆森今年开始执掌图灵研究所。由于主要资助方英国政府要求调整发展方向，"国家韧性"现已成为研究所的核心任务，涉及保护关键基础设施及识别境外势力散布的虚假信息等内容。
A new focus on resilience Williamson, who ran the government unit that builds gadgets for UK spy agencies, took over the institute this year. The government, its main funder, had demanded a change of direction. He said “national resilience” would now be its main focus, from guarding critical systems to spotting state-backed disinformation.
此外，威廉姆森对所谓"人工智能将毁灭人类"的说法持怀疑态度。他认为业界所引用的相关概率数据缺乏令人信服的实证支撑。
Williamson also doubted claims about AI wiping out humanity. He said he had not seen convincing evidence behind the percentages some in the industry quote.
他的观点与欧洲领导层立场相呼应——欧洲央行行长克里斯蒂娜·拉加德此前也曾警告称，欧洲恐面临被美中两国人工智能体系排除在外的风险。
His comments echo Europe’s leaders. The ECB’s Christine Lagarde has warned that Europe risks being cut off from US and Chinese AI.